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Diamonds help cool computer chips, enabling faster AI, high-performance

The dirty secret in chips is that more than half of all energy is wasted as leakage current at the transistor level, said R Martin Roscheisen, an electrical engineer

Adobe Firefly adds AI sound, avatars, and motion tools for video creation

Adobe enhances Firefly with AI-generated sound effects, avatars, improved motion fidelity, and new editing tools to simplify and speed up video creation workflows

Standing Committee on Home Affairs to meet today, discuss cybercrime

The panel will meet on the subject of 'Cyber Crime - ramifications, protection and prevention' and hear the views of ministries and organisations. The Committee will again meet on Friday

World's first silicon-free computer proves potential for future replacement

Researchers have built a computer from scratch without silicon, a "milestone" in showing that it is possible to one day replace the material that fuelled the bulk of technology advancements over the past half a century, by making devices smaller and faster. Built at a nanofabrication unit at The Pennsylvania State University in the US, the research team has demonstrated the successful working of the world's first CMOS computer made using two-dimensional materials, which are paper-thin, but at the nano-level. It is described in a paper in the journal Nature. 'Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor', or CMOS, is widely used in designing electronic circuits. It consumes low power and accommodates more components. The development is acknowledged as pioneering and a starting point in creating not just alternatives to silicon, but a roadmap for a new generation of still smaller, more flexible electronics. Saptarshi Das, professor of engineering science and mechanics at the The Pennsylva

US charges 12 Chinese contract hackers in computer intrusion campaigns

Furthermore, the US imposed sanctions on the Shanghai-based malicious cyber actor and data broker, Zhou Shuai and his company

Dell forecasts downbeat Q4 revenue on weak PC demand, rival competition

Dell forecast fourth-quarter revenue between $24 billion and $25 billion, average analyst estimate is $25.57 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG

Blue Screen of Death: Global outage that led to Windows 10 crash explained

An outage of CrowdStrike has caused a global disruption for users of Microsoft Windows computers, affecting businesses and individuals across Australia, Japan, India and other countries

Meity calls for plans on India-EU cooperation on high-performance computing

The objective of the joint call is to create solutions and use cases in the mutual areas of interest using high-performance computing, said the ministry

No import restrictions on certain IT products like desktop computers: DGFT

The government has clarified that there are no import restrictions on certain IT hardware products such as desktop computers. In a circular to customs authorities and industry, the commerce ministry arm Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said only the import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers, ultra small form factor computers and servers is restricted and imports of these goods are allowed against a valid import authorisation. "The given import restriction does not apply to any other goods such as desktop computers, etc, under the tariff head 8471," it said. In international trade parlance, every product is categorised under an HSN (Harmonised System of Nomenclature) code, or tariff heads. It helps in systematic classification of goods across the globe. HS Code 8471 includes products related to automatic data processing machines and units. It includes a mouse, printers, scanners, and CD drives. In August 2023, the government imposed restrictions on ..

Smarter and better with GenAI: What is coming to your phone in 2024

This will be the year when the power of generative artificial intelligence will come embedded in our phones. You could use as a personal assistant to get quicker answers to queries

HP partners with Google to manufacture Chromebooks for Indian market

The devices manufactured in India will be sold solely in the Indian market and will not be exported to other countries

Curb on imports may have cascading effect on second-hand laptop prices

All prominent PC companies like Lenovo, Apple, Dell and HP import laptops to meet the demand in the country

AI Appreciation Day: Industry cheers algorithms shaping new revolution

Making machines think like human minds has always been an idea that fascinated researchers since the inception of computing

Indian tech firms expand upskilling, talent hunt for Rust programming

Currently, almost 2.8 million coders are writing in the Rust programming language

Asus A5402 all-in-one desktop series launched in India: Know price, specs

Powered by 13th gen Intel Core processor, the Asus A5402 AIO is configurable with up to 16GB DDR4 RAM

IT hardware players to lose on PLI incentives for failing to meet targets

Under revised scheme, 5% penalty to be deducted from amount due if actual PLI figure for a year is 25-50% lower; if shortfall exceeds 50%, then penalty is 10%

Developer creates tool that emulates old iPhone games on computer

A developer has created a tool that can emulate old iPhone games on a computer

Asus to challenge top position in Indian consumer notebook segment in 2023

PC maker Asus is eyeing top position in consumer notebook market this year on account of continued expansion of retail footprint and widening of portfolio in the gaming segment, a senior official of the company said. Asus India, Business Head, Consumer and Gaming PC, System Business Group, Arnold Su told PTI that the company plans to scale up exclusive stores in India to 300 by the end of 2023 from 200 at present as well as expand other formats of retail stores in a bid to reach consumers. "This year is a very important year for us. This year we want to challenge the number 1 position in India. This makes overall business expansion very important. Right now we have 200 exclusive stores in India. Now we are aiming to touch 300 exclusive stores. Every quarter we will add 20-25 stores," Su said. According to market research firm IDC, Asus held third position in the consumer notebook segment behind HP and Lenovo with a share of 15.6 per cent and a year-on-year growth rate of 20 per cent

PC and printer major HP launches new OMEN 17 gaming laptop in India

PC and printer major HP on Wednesday launched a new OMEN 17 gaming laptop, powered by a 13th Gen Intel i9 Core processor and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, in India

Canada to commercialise world's first photonic-based quantum computer

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new federal investment to build and commercialise the world's first photonic-based, fault-tolerant quantum computer